Game apparatus.



No. 690MB. nPatented Decy3l, |90l. J. MGLUUGHLIN.

GAME APPARATUS.

(Application lod lar. 99, 1901.)

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GAME APPARATUS.

SPECIFICATION formingpart of Letters Eatent No. 690,17 6, dated December 31, 1901.

Application filed March 29, 1901. Serial No.. 53,401. (No model.)

To @ZZ whom t may concern:

Beit known that I, JAMES McLoUcHLIN, a citizen of the United States, residing in Larchmont, in the county of Vestchcster and State of New York, have invented certain new and u'seful Improvements in Game Apparatus, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to the class of game apparatus wherein a game-board, usually octagonal, is employed in connection with pieces to be snapped or driven into a central goal or space on an elevated platform on the board, said goal being bounded or circumscribed by upright pins set in said platform; and the object of the invention is to improve the construction of the board and provide a means for projecting the pieces into the goal or across the surface of the platform.

In the accompanying drawings, which illustrate an embodiment of the invention, Figure l is a face view of the board, and Fig. 2 a transverse mid-section of the same. These views are on a relatively small scale. Fig. 3 is a fragmentary sectional view, on a much larger scale, illustrating the construction; and Fig. 4t is an exterior view of one of the corners of the board.

As a game-board of this character must be 'quite broadsay two feet across from side to side-it has been found in practice very diiiicult to construct it from wood in the usual way, as if made so as not to warp it would be very heavy and too costly for popular use. In order to obviate this defect, Iconstruct the board, as willbe hereinafter explained,mainly from pressed paper-board, which will not crack or warp.

l designates the main board, of octagonal form, and 2 the elevated marginal rim about the same. This rim is made of wood, the beveled joints at the ends of the eight sections having interlocking tongues, as shown in Fig. 4. These sections are grooved or channeled, as seen at 3 in Fig. 3, to receive the margin of the board. 1n assembling the parts the sections of the rim are placed one by one and the joints united by glue. Nails 4 are then driven, as shown in Fig. 3, to secure the parts firmly together.

On the face of the board l is secured a circular platform 5 of thick pressed paper-board, the margin of which is beveled or slightly undercut, as seen at 6 in Fig. 3, and about this platform is stretched a band of rubber 7 ,which is retained in place by the undercut. band will by preference be wide enough to project above the level of the platform, so that it may be grasped by the fingers, as seen in Fig. I. In the platform 5 are set the usual pins S,at equal distances from the central goal 9, and the platform will be marked with the usual concentric circles l0.

In playing the game the rubber band 7 is grasped by the thumb and finger, as shown, and drawn back or out and the players piece 1l laid on the platform, substantially in the position indicated in Fig. l. The band is released and strikes the piece, driving it toward the central goal.

Obviously the rubber band may be used by all of the players, and, if desired, it maybe secured to the edge of the platform at the points Fig. l, midway between the players; but if the edge of the platform be undercut this attachment will not be necessary.

Aboard constructed in this manner will not warp or crack. It will be light, strong, and stiff and may be made at a reasonable cost.

The platform 5 will be glued or cemented to the board l under pressure and throughout its entire surface, so that it stiffens the board.

Having thus described my invention, I claiml. A gaine-board comprising the main board l, the elevated marginal rim 2secured to the edge of the board l, the elevated circular platform 5 secured to the main board 1, and provided with agoal and pins, and the loose band of rubber about the margin of said platform for propelling the pieces, said band being wider than the thickness of the platform, substantially as set forth.

2. Agame-board comprising the main board l, the marginal rim 2, secured rigidly to the edge of said board, the elevated platform 5 secured rigidly to the upper surface ofthe board 2 and having its margin undercut, and a rubber band wider than the thickness of the platform and embracing the same and retained by said undercut, said platform being provided with a goal and pins, substantially as set forth.

3. A game-board comprising the main board This IOO

1'o elastic means about said platform for propelling the pieces over the board, substantially as set forth.

In Witness whereof I have hereunto signed my name, this 26th day of March, 19,01, in the Y presence of two subscribing Witnesses.

JAMES MGLOUGHLIN.

Witnesses:

PETER A. Ross, F. D. DIMAN. 

